Sunday, March 23, 2008

Yesterday, after my curiosity got the better of me, I searched for and located an on-line version of a game my wife mentioned playing in her childhood. I decided to load my wagon with family and supplies and take a chance on The Oregon Trail.

My first attempt was disastrous resulting in several members of my party drowning during a poorly planned river crossing and ending with my own untimely demise out on the prairie. My wife joined me on my second attempt to make it to the West Coast and together we were far more successful. This time we only lost two members of our party and almost made it. But a sudden blizzard, we encountered while crossing yet another mountain range, caused the computer to freeze bringing our misadventure to a sudden end.

Despite the hardships we encountered on our journey, we have not been deterred from another attempt to cross this great nation of ours in a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. If the pioneering spirit strikes you as well, you can play The Oregon Trail at: http://www.virtualapple.org/oregontraildisk.html.

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I was born in the Soviet Union and immigrated to the US in 1989. Since my arrival in this country I became a citizen, got my Bachelors degree, got married, became a father, and got my Masters degree. Occasionally, I am still perplexed by life in this country. And so I started this blog to explore all the things that perplex me. Also I like photography so I take a lot of pictures with my cell phone.

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